Artist: SWV
Video: “It’s All About U”
Album: New Beginning
Label: RCA Records
Director: Kevin Bray
“It’s All About U” is the third and final single and music video from SWV’s second album titled “New Beginning”, following their predecessors, “You’re The One” and “Use Your Heart”. Out of these three pre-Shiny Suit Era music …

I’ve always love Martina McBride. Her songs always touches me and I can always feel the emotions of the song. I remember how her songs really makes me feel pain and happiness. Even if I’m not inlove, but I always felt inlove when listening to her love songs.
But the …

Some people say that Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the first bad album by Oasis, while others say that it is their second bad album. But I disagree with both such statements. I disagree with the description of this album as a bad one. I think that …

Appetite For Destruction was the debut album of Guns N’ Roses.This rocking debut was the best the band ever let see the light of day.they would have some successful albums to follow but this remains their strongest effort to date.I’ve always been a big fan of Slash and …

It is impossible to put together all the great hits of this fantastic and flamboyant British singer. It is impossible. It is impossible because there is not enough space on two Cd’s for it.
Elton John is one of the geniuses of the pop music of the past 30 years, …

Overview —“ Side III of Tommy would have to be the side of the record where I feel that the tracks all connect the best together and the story really starts to pick up here. I had an understanding of what the concept behind Tommy is but this is …

It Overtakes Me is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album At War With The Mystics. Right from the beginning of the track, you can tell The Flaming Lips certainly have their own unique sound on the track. The song opens up with a …

Mastermind is a song by Megadeth which appears on their album Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with a heavy guitar part before giving way to a nice bass fill with the guitar rhythm coming back in and out. The guitar itself soon doubles up on this bass fill …

Axis Bold As Love is Jimi’s hand crafted expression brought to life.The songs on this album represent a powerful kind of beauty that is unimaginable.Castles Made Of Sand paints a unique portrait of artistic measure.This album displays the beautiful landscape that existed inside Jimi’s heart and soul.It is purely …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Suga Mama”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina and Beyonce
Sporting a 1970s funk and soul theme, “Suga Mama” is predominantly filmed in black and white all throughout and begins with Beyonce donning one of her sexiest outfits yet, a 1950s masculine suit with form-fitting pants (mmm hmm, yep). She sits …

I am as gullible to any “Earth Shattering” sound explosion of Orchestral music as a doomsayer is to the End Of The World. I am already a huge fan of some of the best film score writers such as Danny Elfman …

Artist: SWV ft. Missy Elliott
Video: “Can We”
Album: Release Some Tension/”Booty Call” Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: RCA Records
“Can We” is the first single and music video from SWV’s third album titled “Release Some Tension”, following the previous “It’s About Time” and “New Beginning”. “Can We” is also a single and music …

Whether your guitar-playing experience is that of a legend or a beginner, Elixir strings with Nanoweb coating will deliver unmatched comfort and sound quality from even your feeblest attempts at manipulating an acoustic guitar. The sound of the Nanowebs is incredibly bright and clean, and the thinner Nanowebs make …

You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket is a song by the White Stripes which appears on their album Elephant. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, Jack White comes in with a delicate and gentle vocal delivery for his first vocal delivery in the track. I should mention right …

Carmel Mountain is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the second track on their third release, The Arrested Cats. Opening up with an interplay between a simple acoustic guitar patter and a violin lead, I must admit that this is a moment on the album which recalls a …

I said in my review of American Idiot that everything with Green Day is simple and basic. Well, Jesus Of Suburbia makes me look like an idiot with this statement. I will admit that the majority of tracks on American Idiot are indeed quite simple and basic, this album …

Mamma Mia the Movie Soundtrack
Mamma Mia! Is indeed one of the most popular musicals in history, with its brilliant casts, and above all fantastic catchy songs. But now to everyone’s dream it was turned into the fastest selling motion picture in UK History! Selling more DVD copies than the …

“Temperature’s Rising” is the third single off of Mobb Deeps classic album “The Infamous”. The song is the seventh track on the album. “Temperature’s Rising” features backup vocals from singer Crystal Johnson, who sings the chorus and the outro of the song.
As far as beats go “Temperature’s Rising” has …

This it the title of the first album from Janis Joplin. It was released in 1967. Here Janis still has that fresh and young voice, which is already very specific and strong. The reason why it is still a bit “fresh” is because at that time she had not …

If you are unaware of who Eminem is you should know he is a rapper who is signed to Dr. Dre under Aftermath Records. He is famous for hits like �My Name Is�, �Lose Yourself� and �Stan� to name just a few. Well the concept behind �Curtain Call� is …

Sounds of the Earth: Ocean Waves - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a pretty relaxing audio CD that is quite pleasant to listen to. It accurately and clearly brings the sounds of the ocean to my ears and to my mind. Unlike some other audio CDs of the …

For starters, I’m not a fan of pop music. But I am a dancer. So of course I’m inclined to dance to pop music every once in awhile. I picked up Britney Spear’s album “Circus” and the best song on there is clearly “Mannequin.” It’s …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Sean Paul
Video: “Baby Boy”
Album: Dangerously in Love
Label: Columbia
Director: Jake Nava
“Baby Boy” is the second single and music video from Beyonce’s solo debut album entitled “Dangerously in Love”, following the previous single and video hit “Crazy in Love”. In one swift move, Beyonce moves up from Jay-Z …

The Collector is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album With Teeth. The track opens up with a very simple drum pattern which is prominent throughout the song and is soon joined by an equally simple bass rhythm. Despite the simplicity that Reznor has going …

I rented this concert dvd from Netflix, because I have long been a fan of Jon Anderson’s music. While I was born a little late for the “Yes” era, I do appreciate the quality of their music, and of course the front man is one of my favorite …

Overview —“ World Long Gone, the second music video and single released by Scars On Broadway is pretty much a performance music video, however there’s an audience to this performance, and these audience members carry the meaning of the song. I like this concept because it isn’t just a …

I was introduced to the music of the English singer Birdy by one of my closest friends. To be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled with her music when I first listened to a number of her songs since I thought that she was unbelievably boring, especially after listening to …

I can’t even begin to explain the excitement that I felt when I heard that Opio from the Hieroglyphics crew would be dropping a solo release. He has always been one of my favorite rappers from the Hieroglyphics crew. The first time I heard word of his solo album …

Glen Campbell: Glen Campbell Live was recorded at the Goodtime Theater in August 1994. I love live albums that let you have a feel for the audience and how the performer responds to it. I have a similar album back in the middle of Campbell’s heyday and …

After a pretty average last album, back came Eminem with a new one, Relapse and the first release, Im Not afraid.
It was typical Eminem, for me back to his best. The indication was that he was now rapping about something that has happened and is real and important and …

Don’t Trust Me by 3OH!3 (pronounced 303) is a great song that has recently come out. However, due to its popularity, the song has become slightly overplayed. I had this song recommended to me on itunes months before it became popular and now it played so frequently, …

I’m So Tired is a track by The Beatles which appears on their self-titled album, or The White Album. Unlike the rest of the album, I’m So Tired is actually a very laid-back track, and as the name would imply, it has a very sleepy feel and tone to …

I only got introduced to the singer Elise Estrada after I heard her song entitled Lipstick on the radio. I thought, what great song it was, it has all the feelings of a young woman who pretends she is not in love with a man to whom she …

This is a great record. Interpol is a very talented band, and I personally believe that this is their best record. The debut album sounded rather messy, whereas the albums that were released after this one have rather lazy song-writing. Whereas the 2004 Antics is a fantastic record with …

Take That were now back as a 5 and doing what they could to promote their new single and new album. This wasn’t hard because everyone wanted a piece of them but they visited The Live Lounge at Radio 1 in London to do a live set and it …

This one hurts, just like the writer of this song must have (so people would think). I only say that because I know the writer personally and he has clearly expressed that he has no direct connection for any of his songs …

I will admit that when I heard the first few bits of Give Me Novacaine I was a bit worried that it was going to be another track to sound extremely similar to previous songs like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Are We The Waiting, thankfully I was wrong. …

The Living Toys is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release, Danse Manatee. Opening up instrumentally, vocals do not join the mix until around the two minute mark which allows the band to establish a fairly melodic atmosphere which is one of the first times …

Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) is a cover performed by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. The track opens up with Dylan starting the vocals right away with a notable piano behind him and the tempo having the tempo of …

Strawberry Jam is an album released by Animal Collective to follow their prior record entitled Feels. To begin, I will say that after Animal Collective released Sung Tongs followed by Feels, they had quite an act to follow, but I can thankfully say that I think they did a …

Take some urban music, and give it a tribal undertone and you’ll have a good bit of the sound that is Aurlar. This is the first album by MIA, and its a doozy. When I first heard this album i was reminded of the type of world …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Bills, Bills, Bills
Album: The Writings On The Wall
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
Ah yes, this was the era of ‘male-bashing’. First, TLC came onto the scene with “No Scrubs” in early 1999 and then a whole bunch of similar sounds followed shortly after - “Where My Girls …

Colbie Caillet has recorded the feel good song of the decade with the song “Bubbly”. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you want to feel good, listen to “Bubbly”. It is a love song really, but it doesn’t feel as though it has to be limited to love …

The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavinge is about how this girl believes she is the best damn thing a guy has ever seen. IT talks about how the guy makes her look bad some times but I don’t think she understands that guys do not try to make …

I am a die hard metal fan, and so, like many die hard metal fans I love listening to the band Pantera, even though they have not been together for the longest while. Their albums from the early nineties remain my favourite too, and one of these albums is …

I’m a big fan of spanish rock band Heroes del Silencio and their front man Enrique Bunbury. Bunbury has made all kinds of music, rock, folk, electronic, he is a chameleon just like Bowie. One of those songs he has released that has nothing to do with anything else …

With so many bands including ones in the developing stage it is difficult to find good original music. Tool’s Undertow proves that originality does exist in the music business. With Adam’s unique guitar style combined with subtle and underlying lyrics this album has become one of my …

The Brad Bhen Mouthpiece Company is a company started by Brad Bhen that produces handcrafted mouthpieces to suit the professional clarinetist’s needs.
After buying the Model A mouthpiece from Brad Bhen, I was eager to buy their other model (model A was an amazing mouthpiece). The website they had …

Off their album Stadium Arcadium the RHCP released the hit single Dani California. They also later released a music video for the song that refrences many bands from the 70s 80s 90s and modern music that spans from funk,death metal,classic rock,punk to even grunge with a part in the …

After My Steve Vai Wah pedal blew a fuse I was very upset. This wah pedal was very expensive and allowed me to have alot of tonal control with the wah. Also when I went to guitar center I found out that my year warranty ran out. I had …